Masterchef's John Torode: 'I've never been friends with Gregg Wallace'

All of our Masterchef illusions have been shattered this morning, with host John Torode revealing that he has never considered his co-host, Gregg Wallace, a friend.

Wait, what?

John, 51, has admitted that his relationship with Gregg is purely professional and when they are away from the cameras they barely speak and have never even been to eachother’s houses.

Speaking to The Mirror, the restaurateur explained: “It’s funny, we’ve never been friends.

“We’ve not been to each other’s houses… He’s so OCD, he wouldn’t know what to do.

“He’d build it up in his mind for three days, and probably make himself quite sick, then he’d have an argument with his wife and not turn up. If I went to his house, he would feel like he wasn’t in control.”

However, it sounds like it’s probably for the best that they don’t spend too much time together away from the show as John went on to reveal that they often end up arguing if they do hang out in their free time.

He continued: “If we do go out for a drink, I’ll invariably be at one end of a big old table and he’ll be at the other.

“Once, we had a bit too much to drink and filming got called off.

“We ended up having a massive fight about one of the contestants, and he got really stubborn – it was ridiculous.

“We’ve had a couple of standoffs over the years, about contestants, and I’ve just had to walk away from him.”

We don’t know about you, but we’ll never look at Masterchef in the same light again.

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